Sunday, June 11, 2023

New England's National Historic Landmarks: Massachusetts


The National Register of Historic Places contains more than 85,000 sites, but only some 2,500 of them have been listed as National Historic Landmarks. New England is home to hundreds of these particularly significant structures, objects and places.

Above:
The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

MASSACHUSETTS
Reginald A. Fessenden House, Newton


Reginald Fessenden (1866-1932) was an inventor who worked for a time in Thomas Edison's workshop. He was described in memoriam as "the greatest wireless inventor of the age."